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Name: Khabbar Khan SeelroInterviewed By: Murtaza KharaniInterview Date:Interview Location: Story: I was born in 1939 in a village called Pari Jo Shahar, near the city
Name: Subash Khanchand BijlaniInterviewed By: Ishika ChatterjeeInterview Date:Interview Location: Story: I was born in 1942 in Thatta, Sindh. My parents, Khanchand Bijlani and Jassie Motwani
Name: Aya SinghInterviewed By: Ritika Popli Interview Date:Interview Location: Story: I remember my cousin who was left behind during Partition, and a Pathan family took the
Name: Sarla DuttaInterviewed By: Sruti LodhaInterview Date:Interview Location: Story: I grew up in Mirpur, which was then under Jammu, and 15 kilometres away from Jhelum
Niamat Ali Malak, son of Khair Deen, was born at the village of Lasoi in the princely state of Patiala, now in Punjab, India. Oral
Sushila Balkrishna Wagh, an 85-year-old survivor, was a witness to Partition. She provided personal information about her Oral Historian: Yash Anil Pund Camera Person: Pankhuri
Mrs. Swarna Kanta-ji was born in Niaz Baig, near Lahore, Pakistan in the year 1942 to Shri Shyam Lal Bajaj and Shrimati Gyaan Devi. Oral
“God has been kind to me,” Bhagwant Singh Jawanda says, by blessing him with a loving family, lifelong friends and a meaningful career. Oral Historian:Mandeep
Chimanlal Shivrambhai Ratnottar recalls that as a child his family members used to lovingly call him “Bacchu”. He remembers Oral Historian: Divyang Mokariya Camera Person:
Khushi Muhammad Jut, son of Gainda Jut of the Mallan Haar Gotra, was born at the village of Aloona Tola in the district of Ludhiana,
Amir Narsi was born in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, on March 19, 1943 (pre-Partition) to a Shia Ismaili family, a religion he still practices today. Oral
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